Broom and tool holder.



Wi. MINNICH.

BHOOM ANB TOOL HOLDER. Amlcmlma msn MAR. a. 1915.

195,5 if@ y mmm m12, 1915.-

Mwwfmlm*t Unire s aren :MARTIN MINNICH, OF COVINGTON, OHIO.

sitcom Ann 'root Homann.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented oet. is, isi

Application led March 6, 1915. Serial No. 12,661.

bodies novel features of construction Whereby it can be'readily applied to a vertical support and will securely grip the handle of a broom or like member so as to hold the same in an uprightposition.

Further objects of the invention are to l provide a broom holder Whichcan be readily and inexpensively formed from a single length of spring wire, which can be readily suspended from a nail or like supporting member, whichwill securely grip the handle of al broom or the like placedbetween the same, and which is so designed as to ad- Init of the broom .handle being easily and quickly applied to the device or removed therefrom.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel 'combinations and arrangements of the parts as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the novel features thereof being pointed out in the appended claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description. land accompanying drawing, in`

length of spring wire is provided andV bent into proper shape to form' the broom and rtool holder. An intermediate portion of the wire is crimped to provide a vertically disposed or upright looped lhanger 1c which is adapted to engage a nail or like member and fit against the vertical'support so as to ob tain a bearing upon the same and retain-the device in proper position.

Coils 2 are provided upon opposite sides ofthe suspending loop` 1c at the base thereof, said coils being vertically disposed and having the rear faces thereof in the plane of the suspending loop so f that they will bear against the verticalsupport upon which the device is mounted and. coperate withthe suspending loop 1cV to obtain a firm bearing against the verticalsupport for the purpose of retaining the device securely in position.

of the wire are crossed at 8 and then bent outwardly to form the spring arms or jaws 3C which act as a clamp'- to grip the handle of a broom orv like member forced between '65 After forming the spring coils 2, theends"ythe same. The outer ends ofbthe spring arms- 3 are preferably fiared so as tol admit of a broom handle or' likenieinber being readily' I forced into position between the same. It will be observed that the ,crossing point 8 of the wire members at the inner ends of they clamping arms 3 is Ysl'ightlyl belowthe upper end of the suspending loop'y 1 so thaty the projecting head end of a nail from whichl the device is suspended may be engaged by the crossed portions of the wire. members to prevent the device 'from being acciden tally lifted out of position and disengaged from the nail. A broom handle or the like can be forcibly inserted between the spring arms 3 and will be securely gripped thereby so as to support the broom in an upright position. In order to remove the'broom from the device it is merely necessary to grasp it by the hands and pull it forcibly from between the spring jaws 3c.

Having thus described the invention, what y I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is y l A broom and tool holder formed from a single length of wire and including a vertically disposed suspending looV formed by a crimp in the middle portion o the wire, said suspending loop being adaptedlto t over a nail 'and bear against a vertical support, vertically disposed spring coil portions formed at the base lof the suspending loop and having their rear faces in the plane of the suspending loop so as to bear against the vertical'support, and opposed clamping jaws formed by extending'the ends of the wire' below the upper end of the suspending loop- I@ memes outwardly from the spring coil portions in prevent the device lfrom being accidentally a plane at substantially right angles therelifted from position. 1J to, said clamping jaws being crossed at the In testimony whereof l afix my signature' inner e dsthereof and at a point slightly in presence of two Witnesses.

. MARTXN MINNICH.

so that the projecting end of the nail upon Witnesses:

which the device is hung will be engaged by PEARL COLBERT,

the saidfcrossed inner ends of the jaws to J. L. RECH. 

